My question involves a consumer law issue in the State of: Washington
I just bought a bike on craigslist. I know it's an as-is thing but the guy had the engine apart and never said anything, no big deal, but when I had the bike for 2 days it broke down on the side of the freeway. I missed a day of work due to this. On inspection I saw that the cam chain tensioner had come completely off so it was obvious he just never got the bolts tight from the get go. I confronted him about it and he's denying it. However I have a few threds on an online forum where he specifically stated that he had the bike apart so he's obviously lying. Now if something just broke two days later, yeah that sucks and it's not his fault. It was purchased as-is and I get that. However this failed due to negligence on his part not getting the botls tight and now the engine has to come apart to fix it. Is there anything I can do to recoup the funds legally?

